Echidna xanthospilos

(Echidna xanthospilos)

Description

Echidna xanthospilos is a moray eel found in the western central Pacific Ocean, around Indonesia and Papua New Guinea. It was first named by Pieter Bleeker in 1859. Its common names include yellow-spotted moray and skeletor moray.

Taxonomic tree:

Domain:

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum:

Class: Actinopterygii

Order:Anguilliformes

Family:Muraenidae

Genus:Echidna

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